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Dirty Bit

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:40 am
By Vangie Beal
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A bit in a memory cache or virtual memory page that has been modified by the CPU, but not yet written back to storage.

Vangie Beal
Vangie Beal

Vangie Beal is a freelance business and technology writer covering Internet technologies and online business since the late '90s.

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